Political embers are expected to flare in Nyanza during the 2022 general election as political heavyweights face off in titanic battles for supremacy.
A number of political big guns are expected to give the battles for various seats a new dimension.
Siaya Senator James Orengo will be the man to keenly follow amid reports that he is eyeing the gubernatorial seat. Being a veteran in Kenyan politics, will it be an easy ride for the Senate Minority leader or will a novice pull a shocker and end his political career with painful defeat?
Outspoken Homa Bay Woman Representative Gladys Wanga could make her own story by becoming the first female Governor in the entire Nyanza region. Though she has not publicly declared her political future, Wanga is claimed to be eyeing the seat come to the next general election. But the question is, does she have what it takes to clinch the seat or she just overambitious? Well, time will tell.
With a likely victory in the upcoming Migori senatorial by-election, former Rongo MP Ochillo Ayacko's political career has been reinvented after many years of struggles. And with Governor Okoth Obado expected to leave office in 2022, will the former Minister finally win the seat that he narrowly missed in 2017?
Former Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo is another man expected to dominate Nyanza politics in 2022 even as he bids to make a comeback after his 2017 loss. Will he edge out the incumbent who ended his 15-year grip of Gem?
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